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A Simple, DIY 3-Bin System for Composting Ingredients
Composting ingredients are free and discarded from kitchens and gardens. But can you build a three-bin system for almost as cheap?
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Pig Pointers: Pig Farming for Beginners
Add to Favorites By Samuel E. Ledsworth – These pointers are useful to homesteaders interested in raising pigs for meat, especially those seeking guidance on pig farming for beginners. Buy two or three feeder …
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Don’t Be Fooled: Growing Saffron is Easy!
Add to Favorites Life is short. Cook with saffron. My motto strengthened when I started growing saffron and stopped buying it. Ancient people plucked the reddish stigmas of Crocus sativus …
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How to Make Essential Oils at Home
Add to Favorites Have you ever wondered how to make essential oils from your own plants? With new research into the therapeutic and medicinal benefits of aromatherapy, knowing how to …
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Rosemary Benefits: Rosemary Isn’t Just For Remembrance
Add to Favorites By Millie Troth, Colorado Rosemary benefits go way beyond just the traditional “rosemary for remembrance.” Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like …
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10 Natural Constipation Remedies That Work
Add to Favorites Natural constipation remedies can take on many forms: you can use gentle herbs and herbal teas, lifestyle changes, diet changes, and gentle exercise to relieve constipation. While …
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Creative Lavender Uses in the Kitchen
Add to Favorites When we moved into our home two years ago, I planted lavender all across the front of the house because I find it so calming to smell …
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The Many Uses of the Chicory Plant
Add to Favorites It’s getting to be that time of year when wildflowers appear a-plenty along roadsides everywhere. As I drive along, I like seeing the colors appear and trying …
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Laryngitis Home Remedies That Actually Work
Add to Favorites As if getting sick from a virus isn’t bad enough, it’s the laryngitis that comes along with my symptoms that turns me into a total wimp. Fortunately, …
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Home Remedies for Allergies
Add to Favorites Although I’m fortunate enough to never have suffered from the symptoms of seasonal allergies, I’m married to someone who suffers greatly every year once the pollen, spores …
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How to Make a Comfrey Salve for Chickens
Add to Favorites Learning how to make a comfrey salve for chickens and ducks is easy. Comfrey salve is such a useful item to have around — everyone should have …
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Easy Home Remedies for Chapped Lips
Add to Favorites While most people turn to commercial lip balm for chapped lips during the dry months, there are a number of easy home remedies for chapped lips that …
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The Delicious Dill Plant and Its Many Uses
Add to Favorites By Brenda Hyde – The dill plant not only has lovely foliage; its fragrance is a “comfort smell” for many people. I barely touch its feathery leaves and …
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